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Plate, dessert
Dessert plate, 'duck egg' soft-paste porcelain with greenish translucency, foot ring with flat, angular sides and plain rim, clear glaze; painted at the centre with a large, asymmetrical bouquet of cultivated flowers, three gilded scroll and foliate cartouches are evenly spaced around the flange, between which are painted motifs of a strawberry sprig, a plum with leaves and fruiting cherries, plain band of gilding at rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 39552
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1825
Acquisition
Purchase, 24/7/2014
Measurements
diam
(cm): 21.3
diam
(in): 8
Height
(cm): 2.8
Height
(in): 1
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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